Students learn to punctuate what people say the American way: double quotation marks around the spoken words, a capital letter to start the speech, and the comma, period, question mark, or exclamation point inside the closing quotation mark. They also use apostrophes to show who owns something (the dog's bone, the girls' hats). They choose correct sentences, add quotation marks, write possessives, and write a short conversation.
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Completed: Quotation Marks in Dialogue and Possessive Apostrophes
3rd Grade students (typically ages 8–9) working on punctuation. It is pitched at level 2 · standard; an easier version and a harder version are linked above.
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About 20 minutes for 19 questions. Short, regular sessions work best: two or three a week beats one long one.
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Quotation marks show exactly what someone said. Only the spoken words go inside them.
Quotation marks (" ") go around the exact words someone says. Circle the sentence that is punctuated correctly.
Rewrite each sentence with quotation marks around the spoken words. Keep the comma, question mark, or exclamation point inside the closing quotation mark.
For one owner, add 's (the dog's bone). For more than one owner ending in s, add only ' (the dogs' bowls). Write each one the short way.
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